This is an outrage. Montgomery and Carroll abused their influence and yet they get to stay because they used the L-word. So much for their integrity, if they had a shred of it left. As a taxpayer I wouldn't mind seeing a few dollars of my tax bill go into crushing Montgomery's little injunction if it meant we could finally wipe the slate clean of this admissions scandal. I can't tell if Quinn is just spineless or if something exchanged hands under the table before this announcement came down. In this state anything can happen.

Why is Christopher Kennedy, an affluent Chicago Democrat, Northwestern & Boston College Grad, and political actor being picked up for the University of Illinois Board of Trustees?

While I make no claim against Mr. Kennedy, nor claim to know of any ill-doing on his hands, it seems to me that we just kicked out a bunch of affluent Chicago Democrats from the Board, save the ones who didn't have the class to resign and played the race card so they wouldn't have to.

Neither of these appointments are University of Illinois Alumni--a pure "stiff" to the alumni association who was supposed to have a larger role in the admissions process. This all seems highly suspect to say the least.

Looks like business as usual at the "tarnished" University of Illinois

It's rather unfortunate that these two did not in fact offer their resignations. This is a vetting process and a tremendous opportunity for them to redeem themselves by having the Governor reappoint them, if he so chose to do it. By invoking the "lawyer" clause they are claiming that they do not think that the would in fact be reappointed if G. Quinn looked them over. They both were found guilty of smaller infractions but I wonder how much did not come to light if they decided to threaten legal action that would surely hurt the university that the "care for."

What a tremendous joke on all of the citizens of this State, and all of the University's alumni around the country. After weeks of stating his intention to act, Gov. Quinn simply folds up like a cheap rusty lawn chair. Apparently the black vote in February's Democratic primary is of much greater concern than restoring the reputation and integrity of this State's flagship University. Don't kid yourselves - this sudden change of heart was all about politics and not about "litigation". Given the report generated by the Mikva Commission, how could any court find that these two Trustees had not neglected their duty to the University of Illinois, and thus deserve to be removed from the Board of Trustees ? The delays in Gov. Quinn taking final action on these two hold-out Trustees led me to suspect that this would happen, but it does not make it any more acceptable. One can only hope that Gov. "Spineless" will ultimately pay a heavy price at the polls in 2010 for his failure to stand up on behalf of the students of Illinois and their families. They, along with the University, have been the victims of these unseemly clout-based admissions.

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